Trust for America's Health Initiatives

Environmental Health

Environmental Health

The World Health Organization estimates that 13 million deaths annually are due to preventable environmental causes.

Americans deserve healthy and safe places to live, work, and play. TFAH works to advance polices and programs to protect air, water, and food; minimize chemical exposures; and provide communities with healthier environments. TFAH has helped lead efforts to create a Nationwide Health Tracking System, to better understand how the environment impacts our health by looking for patterns and trends. Health tracking could help lead to breakthroughs in finding the causes and cures of many serious diseases.

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Policy Information

May 2009
Letter commending Congresswoman Capps on the Introduction of the Climate Change Health Protection and Promotion Act

March 2008
Letter in Support of Environmental Health Tracking and Biomonitoring Funds

September 2007
Letter in Support of the Coordinated Environmental Public Health Network Act of 2007

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Press Releases

October 26, 2009
Health Problems Heat Up: Climate Change and the Public's Health

October 29, 2008
New Report Finds Rising Risk of Infectious Diseases in America

October 21, 2008
Trust for America's Health Releases Blueprint for Modernizing Public Health for the Presidential Transition and Next Congress

October 16, 2008
Advisory: Trust for America's Health Releases Transition Document: Blueprint for a Healthier America
Includes Detailed Plan to Modernize America's Public Health System

April 11, 2003
Trust for America's Health Statement on SARS Surveillance Efforts and Need for Nationwide Health Tracking to Protect Public's Health

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Resources

Selected items from TFAH's Resource Library:

American Academy of Allegy Asthma and Immunology
An online tool with various information for individuals suffering from asthma or allergies, as well as tools for professionals in the field.

Association of Public Health Laboratories
Public health laboratories serve as scientific first responders, protecting the public from diseases and identifying environmental health hazards.

Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
ASTHO is a nonprofit organization representing the state and territorial public health agencies in the United States, U.S. Territories and the District of Columbia.

Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
The Asthma and Allergy Foundation website offers information about asthma and allergies including education, advocacy and research.

California Environmental Health Tracking Program
The California Environmental Health Tracking Program website works to develop tools and strategies that will provide better and more complete information about the health of Californians and their environment.

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